Tuesday, March 16, 2010

IE no longer evil? 999 the Inverse of the Beast

Internet Explorer 9: A Fresh Start, With HTML5 - Internet Explorer 9 - Gizmodo
Platform Preview gives Web developers first taste of IE9


The good

  • Faster JavaScript performance
  • CSS3
  • HTML5
  • H.264
  • SVG
  • MP3 and AAC

The bad

  • 55/100 on Acid 3 but Microsoft vowed to improve the score before official release
  • Still Windows only

The epic

  • DirectX for smoother graphics and better performance (GPU acceleration)


I'm amazed. If Microsoft keeps this up, I just might start to like them again.

Competition is good, we all win.

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